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Abstract

When NASA’s rover Curiosity landed successfully on Mars last August, it opened
a new chapter in space exploration: the use of laser-based instruments to probe the
surface of other planets. The nearly one-ton rover was designed to be a laboratory
on wheels that is capable of doing sophisticated analyses on rough terrain.